Carmichael House

Carmichael House is a country house that was likely built between 1754 and 1767 for John, the 3rd Earl of Hyndford. Although it has been roofless since around 1955, it remains a substantially intact ruin with an H-shaped layout that is near symmetrical. The structure is made of purple sandstone rubble with cream sandstone dressings.

The east range features a five-bay courtyard elevation, with the central three bays slightly advanced. It has a shaped gable topped with an urn finial and terminals. All windows have segmental heads and keystones. The ground floor includes a central doorway with a Gibbs surround, a window to the right, and a collapsed link to the central range on the left. The advanced section has prominent rusticated quoins at the edges and corners, a base course, and a moulded eaves band. The end gables are treated similarly to the advanced section but have single windows on the ground, first, and attic levels. The east elevation mirrors the courtyard but features a late 19th-century projecting central bay made of snecked rubble, complete with a cill band, a string course between floors, and a blind balustrade at the wallhead. There are chimney stacks on the transverse walls at the ends of the advanced section.

The west range is similar to the east range but is a mirror image and lacks the later addition on the outer face, which has a central entrance like the courtyard side.

The link block is largely in ruins, except for the tower, which has a round-headed arch that is now bricked up, featuring a Gibbs surround. There are windows on all faces at the first level and truncated pediments at the attic height in the bull's-eye windows. The urn finials on the tower are of a different design from those on the main ranges. The east and west faces have round arches leading to ruined corridors.

The interiors have been gutted, but the walls have been lathed and plastered. The ground floor in the east range features a vaulted ceiling.